Jewish Dating - Find your beshert!

Needless to say, Jewish books start with the Torah. Torah, in the traditional
world, refers both to the written Torah, and also to the oral Torah, which
includes commentary and other exegesis on the written Torah. Talmud? That's
Torah. Chassidic teachings from the last couple of centuries? Depending on your
outlook, also Torah. And so on.

The Jewish Bible is known in Hebrew by the acronym Tanakh (Torah,
Neviim, Ketuvim - Torah, Prophets, Writings). The first five books in a printed
edition are called Chumash. (In English, this is usually rendered as
Pentateuch, an unwieldy name from Greek.) Most commentaries focus on
the Torah, and there are many fine editions from Artscroll, JPS, and other
publishers.

Okay, class, time for review: want a book with the weekly Torah portions and
lots of commentary? That would be a Chumash. Want the entire Hebrew
Bible, not just the first five books? That's a Tanakh.

Here are computer programs and other goodies to help you learn Torah (with or
without Rashi), and
even gematria (numerology) and Bible codes, courtesy of our affiliate
jewishsoftware.com. Want to learn how to chant Torah or Haftarah? Have a
look at our Bar Mitzvah page.

Here are traditional Jewish Bibles and Torah commentaries - Chumashim and
Tanakhim - followed by other
books on the Bible. Most are beautiful editions, suitable for very lasting gifts
to yourself or someone else. You can find an entire series - well, actually,
several series - of Bibles from Artscroll with traditional commentaries, as well
as Bibles from other publishers. If you're looking for a complete set with
commentary, consider the
Soncino Books of the Bible. You also can't go wrong with the one-volume
Hertz Pentateuch, a standard in many synagogues. The Hertz Chumash includes
the haftarot for each week as well.

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